According to ESPN.com, the Sharks have reached an agreement to send Marleau, recently stripped of his title as team captain, to Los Angeles as part of a three-way deal that would bring Heatley to San Jose and send Alexander Frolov and Jarret Stoll to the Senators. Wilson, Kings general manager Dean Lombardi and Senators GM Bryan Murray issued denials to ESPN.com.

Heatley, a two-time 50-goal scorer, has requested a trade, but, like Marleau, his contract has a no-trade clause. Heatley's preference is believed to be one of the three California teams, and his father, Murray, was a college teammate of Sharks assistant GM Wayne Thomas.